Unhappy With Your Looks? Spend Less Time on Social Media

As a mom of a 15-year-old teen, I often see my daughter glued to social media, scrolling through her Facebook as well as Instagram watching videos, pictures that project an unreal image of beauty. Around her friends, I see them complementing each other with "She is so pretty and hot!" or "How does she look so pretty with that ugly pout?" "How does she look so girly with that short hair cut?"

No wonder then that a study titled The Good Childhood Report 2016, said that kids in the age group of 10 - 15 years who are spending long hours on sites such as Instagram, Facebook and Twitter are less happy with their appearance in comparison to kids who stay offline.

Close to 80 per cent of the heavy users were less satisfied with the way they looked and were also more likely to enter an argument with their parents. As many as 44 per cent admitted that they have a fight with their parents more than once a week.

These social media junkies also feel less understood by people around them and are also more vulnerable to bullying.

We all know it isn't easy being a teen and this study just goes on to validate that.

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